Hanging Maw

Hanging Maw, or Uskwa'li-gu'ta in Cherokee, was from 1788 to 1794 the leading chief of the Overhill Cherokee, whose historic settlements were on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains. They were located in present-day southeastern Tennessee. He became chief following the death of Old Tassel, and the abandonment of the traditional capital at Chota after raids by European Americans.